The first winery opened in Napa, California, opened in 1859. The annual summertime music festival in Napa debuted in 1995. Today we'll take you to the Music in the Vineyards Festival to hear an all-star trio play music by Clara Schumann.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Henry Purcell: King Arthur: Overture and Air
Tafelmusik | Jeanne Lamon, conductor
Album: Purcell: Ayres for the Theatre
Sony 66169
Henry Purcell and Thomas Ades: Medley: Fantasia upon One Note, Z. 745 & Dawn, chacony for orchestra at any distance
Hanna Vasara, Kaisa Kallinen, violins | Jukka Rautasalo, Timo Alanen, Miika Uuksulainen, violas da gamba
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Musiikkitalo, Helsinki, Finland
Victor Herbert: March Of The Toys, from 'Babes in Toyland'
WDR Radio Orchestra | Fawzi Haimor, conductor
Peace on Earth, WDR Radio Orchestra, Klaus von Bismarck Hall, WDR Broadcasting House, Cologne, Germany
Emile Waldteufel, arr. Andreas Tarkmann: Les Patineurs, "The Skaters" Op. 183
WDR Radio Orchestra | Fawzi Haimor, conductor
Peace on Earth, WDR Radio Orchestra, Klaus von Bismarck Hall, WDR Broadcasting House, Cologne, Germany
Clara Schumann: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17
Axel Strauss, violin | Nicholas Canellakis, cello | Michael Brown, piano
Music in the Vineyards Festival, Silverado Vineyards, Napa, CA
Hour 2
Arthur Bliss: Pastoral
John Bradbury, clarinet | James Cryer, piano
Album: The English Clarinet
Naxos
Richard Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Romanian Radio National Orchestra | Nicolae Moldoveanu, conductor
ROROR, Mihail Jora Concert Hall, Bucharest, Romania
Arthur Bliss: Conversations
James Austin Smith, oboe
Cooperstown Summer Music Festival, Christ Episcopal Church, Cooperstown, NY
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 62: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
English Baroque Soloists and Monteverdi Choir | John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Album: The Baroque Christmas Album
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